Speaking before the Welsh Centre for International Affairs in Cardiff, he said: "It is a little too easy to blame the present situation on an accumulation of individual greed, exemplified by bankers or brokers, and to lose sight of the fact that governments committed to deregulation and to the encouragement of speculation and high personal borrowing were elected repeatedly in Britain and the United States for a crucial couple of decades.
To the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Cardiff, Wales, 12 May: In the real world in which it has functioned--the world of great-Power tensions, the arms race, collisions of national interests, resentements born of past violations or neglect, economic disparities, cultural differences, poverty and drought and famine--the United Nations has done as well as it was permitted to do and, in many ways, better than what could have been anticipated at the time it was founded.
Commissioned by The Welsh Centre for International Affairs with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to mark the 70th anniversary of the war, Wise and Foolish Dreamers, which includes a film made by Welsh children, will tour Wales.
Every Christmas people end up with gifts they don't need - socks, toiletries and photo frames that end up in a drawer or loft, but these gifts are really needed,' said James, 30, who lives with wife Lyndsey, 32, and is a network co-ordinator for the Welsh Centre for International Affairs in Cathays Park, which works with organisations raising awareness of global issues.
Clare Sain-ley-Berry of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, said: 'Global peace, will not be achieved without international action to bring an end to conflict, economic exploitation and injustice.
